You Can't be Too Cautious.

I attempted to sleep in on Saturday morning. The prawn season and early bootcamp workouts are taking their toll... 4 kids and 13 years into motherhood, I have lowered my definition of sleeping in. It usually means I am fully awake, listening to the wrestling/loud music/squabbling/dishes crashing, but as long as I can remain horizontal, I am pretty content. My 6 year old and 3 year old were cuddling in with me, but when it changed to wrestling, I kicked them out... On their way out of the room,J, who has a peanut allergy, loudly exclaimed that I had an almond lying on my bedroom floor. ( I keep them in my dresser sometimes to nibble on- he is not actually allergic to almonds, but they are usually processed on the same equipment, so he should not eat them.) Naturally, that caused Little M to bend over and pick it up, which set his cautious brother off. "M, you have to wash your hands now! Go wash your hands!" Of course, this caused sensitive Little M to freeze and refuse to do it. I muttered something about how it was ok, but how J shouldn't touch the almond himself...They mosied out eventually, and a little while later, I came downstairs to this:



I giggled and asked him WHY on earth he was wearing a thick plastic (much too small!)rainsuit to eat breakfast in. He emphatically replied that since M wouldn't wash his hands, he had to wear something to keep protect himself! I struggled to keep a straight face while I complimented him on being cautious. The poor kid obviously thinks he has to take matters in his own hands if his mom is just going to lie around in bed...